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<p>The contract with GEO Ltd to operate Dungavel immigration removal centre (IRC)
does not contain a sunset clause. It is extendable for 12 months at a time, until
September 2019. It is currently extended to September 2017.</p><p>The closure of Dungavel
IRC is dependent on the success of the planning application for the new short term
holding facility near Glasgow airport, currently under consideration by Renfrewshire
Council.</p><p>The Government announced that it intended to close Dungavel when the
new short term holding facility is ready, and therefore it is the Government’s policy
to reserve its right to continue to use Dungavel for the purposes of immigration detention
should the planning application be unsuccessful.</p>
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